Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto says he will always be thankful to Pep Guardiola for giving him his debut at the Camp Nou.
MANCHESTER -- Pep Guardiola has confirmed that a private jet containing his family was searched by Spanish police looking for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.
Officers inspected the plane after it arrived at Barcelona airport from Manchester believing that Puigdemont might be on board, Catalan Radio reported on Thursday.
Puigdemont is in exile in Belgium and faces charges over his role in October's declaration of independence from Spain. Guardiola has supported calls for a referendum over independence speaking at a rally in June last year.
The Manchester City manager said at his news conference: "That is something that my wife explained to me, it's been in the news.
"The police obviously do their job, they have the right to stop a plane and search it. It's what happened. My family saw it, they saw the police searching the plane and that's it."
Guardiola wears a yellow ribbon for matches and news conferences in a show of support for Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, two members of the Catalonian government who were imprisoned in October.
Jonathan is ESPN FC's Manchester City correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @jonnysmiffy.
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